Waste Management Awards Keep Charleston Beautiful with Think Green® Grant
October 15, 2014
Keep Charleston Beautiful receives $10,000 grant to support local projects
CHARLESTON, SC – Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and Waste Management announced today that Keep Charleston Beautiful (KCB) will receive a 2014 Think Green® Grant. Charleston’s Think Green® Grant is one of eight $10,000 grants awarded to KAB community-based affiliates across the country.
The Waste Management Think Green® Grants are part of the environmental services company’s commitment to encourage the development and sustainability of environmental solutions that improve community environments. These merit-based grants support projects, such as litter prevention education and waste responsibility school programs, coordinated by KCB. The Think Green® Grant will support local school field trips to Charleston County’s Materials Recovery Facility and the County’s Bees Ferry Landfill.
“Keep Charleston Beautiful encourages students to take a part in creating a clean, beautiful, healthy City through education, awareness, and volunteerism,” said Jennifer Scales. Education Coordinator Montana Jernigan said “KCB is excited to be partnering with Charleston County Environmental Management to set up field trip opportunities where students can see first-hand where their waste goes.”
“Supporting communities by helping make them cleaner and improving the quality of life for residents is what our company – and Keep America Beautiful – is all about,” said Mt. Pleasant resident Russ Hightower, Community and Municipal Relations Manager, Waste Management. “This Think Green® Grant provides us with a great avenue to demonstrate how Waste Management and Keep Charleston Beautiful think green every day.”
Waste Management has supported KAB programs for several years and is active in KAB’s flagship programs such as the Great American Cleanup and America Recycles Day. Waste Management also supports the KAB/Ad Council public service advertising campaign – I Want To Be Recycled – that is helping educate people about the importance of recycling.
About Keep Charleston Beautiful
The City of Charleston’s Keep Charleston Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. They are dedicated to promoting the cleanliness and beautification of the City of Charleston through education, public awareness, and community involvement. Founded in 1977 by Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Keep Charleston Beautiful works with local schools, businesses, and organizations to educate the community on the importance of litter prevention, waste responsibility, and community beautification. For additional information, please visit www.keepcharlestonbeautiful.org.
About Charleston County Recycling
Charleston County Environmental Management (CCEM) manages the collection of recycling and disposal of solid waste at the Bees Ferry Landfill. CCEM provides educational and operational programs to inform communities about proper solid waste disposal practices and procedures. CCEM has five divisions: Compost, Collections, Landfill, Materials Recovery Facility, and Programs. For more information, visit recycle.charlestoncounty.org or click here to like CCEM on Facebook.
About Keep America Beautiful
Keep America Beautiful is the nation’s leading nonprofit that brings people together to build and sustain vibrant communities. With a powerful national network of community-based affiliates, we work with millions of volunteers who take action in their communities to transform public spaces into beautiful places. Through our programs and public-private partnerships, we engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community’s environment. For more information, visit kab.org, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, or view us on YouTube.
About Waste Management
Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Our subsidiaries provide collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. We are the largest residential recycler and also a leading developer, operator and owner of landfill-gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. Our customers include residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more visit www.wm.com.
